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This is a very powerful song by the masters of funk themselves, Rage Against The Machine. I played it for the first time exclusively on youtube and I would like to dedicate it to all those fuckers who made fun of my dreams and hopes. I want you to know that I'm still kicking ass.

As I was saying in the previous post, this morning I had a very interesting activity - I went scuba diving with my friend through the Scubashark diving school. Although it was a 30 minute trial dive, it was simply amazing and instructive. We dived in Qui si Sana at a depth of around 5 metres and a temperature of 15 degrees. I had to perform three skills - putting water on purpose in the goggles at that depth and removing it with my breath; removing the regulator from my mouth and holding the breath underwater; and finally, simulating an emergency scenario where my cylinder is out of oxygen and I have to use the regulator of my buddy diver.

Last Monday when I looked at myself in the mirror while shaving, I found 3 more white hairs...That's when I realized that although I feel very very young, I am getting older. And that's when I realized that time passes by really quickly so I just had to get off the routine of waking up, going to work, getting back home exhausted, and sleeping. I just had to do something.

Well from this week, I managed to transform my schedule into a very busy one yet still sleeping those 8 hours. I am now coping with three rock bands, music lessons, studying for certifications in Oracle, gym weight training, and I am even open to other activities like the one I had this morning.

I would like to thank Martin Debattista for writing an article on the Times of Malta concerning my efforts to build a Facebook application. More information here. I would also like to thank Toni Sant for inspiring this initiative in me.

I don't know whether this is an unofficial record at 7pm, but at the moment the temperature in Malta is 7 centigrades! It's the time where geeks move from a desktop pc to a laptop inside the bed sheets, and lovers squeeze themselves with each other, and elderly preparing the traditional warm maltese soup. Or better still, wait for the election heat up :)

Today I managed to install Linux's beta version of skype with webcam support on my work's laptop running on Ubuntu 64 bit. I can now enjoy video conversations with my buddies all over the world. The only stumbling block at the installation stage was making the 32 bit version of skype working on my 64 bit architecture - a software called 'getlibs' did the trick!

Elections here in Malta are very close, and I must say that a lot of people take it with a pinch of salt. Take a look at this Maltese written satire:L-ahwa, Ghaqqadna partit gdid bl-isem il-Partit ta l-isponoz. Fost il-mizuri li ha niehdu dawn huma ftit mil-hafna:

I'm sorry I couldn't immortalize some memories from this weekend by means of photos, but all I can say is that I spent some quality time with my best buddies in Gozo, during the Carnival festives. Great way to start a new week!